Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,528, Joarab Field, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Field, Joarab
P 3,528
CONTENTS

Isaac Field's Declaration -
18385
Please make returns to Horace No. Soper Batavia Genesee Co N.Y.

Declaration of Deborah Field, of Bergen, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York } ss
fifteenth
Genesee County } ss On this the tenth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared before me James Saggart one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee in said State, being a Court of record and having a Seal, Deborah Field, aged ninety Years and upwards Who being first duly sworn by me according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832, that he was born in Guilford County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, in April 17 42 and that he is ninety Years old and upwards, that he has no record Except in a Family Bible, which is now in the hands of his daughter Anna Turner of Niagare County of Monroe and State of New York, that Deborah Field of Brockport of the aforesaid County and State has a Copy of said records and that he resided in Guilford County of New Haven and State of Connecticut when he continued to reside until the Year 1810 When he removed to his present place of residence, which is in the town of Bergen County of Genesee and State of New York.
That he enlisted into the Continental Army in the Year 1776 Under Colonel Mott of Massachusetts and Captain Josiah Baldwin of North Killingworth in the County of New London State of Connecticut and that Nathaniel Ellis went from the town of Guilford aforesaid, as a man of Mason and Deborah or Deborah Crittendon went from the same place as Deborah Mott, and that he enlisted in the Parish  town of North Bristol for the term of six months and marched to Schuylkill River called Whitehall in the State of New York where he served nearly the whole term of his enlistment, and was then permitted by the Lieutenant to return into the Country a short distance on account of indisposition, that he returned into the Country about twenty five miles When he was taken very sick with the dysentery

That when he left the Service the Captain of the Company, was absent and that he was advised to return to his home in Connecticut, and that at the Expiration of Fifty Dollars he procured a passage home, and  and as his term of Service had Expired While he was yet Sick, and he did not return to the Service during that term of Enlistment, and did not receive any regular written discharge. he was afterward drafted from the Militia and marched to Rhode-Island, under Captain Timothy Munger. When he served six Weeks, Colonel Worthington being Commander of the Regiment. he was afterward drafted from the Militia and marched to a place Called East Guilford Rock. When he served under Capt. Jonathan Todd about two months. he was again drafted into the militia and went to Seta Landing When he served about six Weeks under the Command of Capt. Gilbert Dudley. he was again Called out into the militia When the British Fleet appeared Opposite New Haven. When he served under Captain Timothy Munger about two months. and that he afterwards served in the Militia under Captain Daniel Hand about one Month, and that he served in the Continental Army and Militia in all not less than two years, and that he was Called out at one other time When he Could not go in Consequence of the death of his Wife, he being left With six small Children, and that in this last Case he gave his last Conv. and last Bushel of Grain, to hire a Substitute by the name of Dudley Stone to Supply his place. Which said Substitute served as he understood and believes for the term of four months - and that he never received any pay What Ever for his Services as a regular or militiaman, and that from his Extrem age and broken recollection he may be mistaken in the order of time of his different terms of Service in the militia. He thereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

And that the Rev. Josiah Pierson Jacob Spafford and Benjamin Wright all of Bergen and Samuel Parker of Lynden are well acquainted with the deponent and can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution December. Field
Sworn to and Subscribed
This 15 day of October 1832
before me - James Saggart
And the said James Saggart, Judge as aforesaid, hereby certifies that the said Deborah Field has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration at his place of Residence in the town of Bergen in the County of Genesee and State of New York and that he is unable to appear in a Court of Record by reason of bodily infirmity and he hereby declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And he further certifies, that it appears to him that Josiah Pierson who has signed the following certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Bergen as aforesaid and that Benjamin Wright who has signed the following certificate is a resident in the said town and that they are both residents in the neighborhood of the said applicant, are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
James Saggart

State of New York Genesee County ss
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said County certify that James Taggart before whom the foregoing Declaration and proceedings  affidavit purport to have been taken had , and made was on the days of taking the same respectively a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that I am well acquainted with the sig- nature of said Judge subscribed to said declaration affidavit  and proceedings , and truly believe the same to be genuine In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my official seal this twenty fifth day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By D. Pringle Dep. Clk

I Benjamin Wright formerly of Guilford County of New Haven and State of Connecticut and now residing in the Town of Bergen County of Genesee and State of New York, in the neigh- -borhood of Israel Field and do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Israel. For the last fifty five Years and that I believe him to be ninety Years of age or upwards. that he is rep- -uted and believed in the neighborhood when he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion and that I know of his going to Skeneborough now called White Hall in the service of the United States in the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five for the term of six months and I believe that the said Israel from extreme age and bodily infirmary is unable to attend a Court of record Sworn to and subscribed this 8 Benjamin Wright 10 th day of October 1832 before me
James Taggart
I Josiah Pierson a Clergyman of the Town of Bergen County of Genesee and residing in the neighborhood of Israel Field, hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the said Israel Field who has signed and sworn to the foregoing declaration for twenty Years last past that I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and from information in the neighborhood I concur in the opinion that he was a Soldier of the Revolution. And that from his extreme age and indisposition he is unable to attend a Court of record Sworn to and subscribed this 7 Josiah Pierson 15 th day of October 1832 before me
James Taggart

Joanab Field
Affidavit

State of New York } ss. County of Genesee } On this twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, personally appeared before me the undersigned, one of the Judges of the County of Genesee Israel Field, who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. That in the fore part of May, he should think, but the precise time he cannot recollect, in the year 1776, he enlisted for six months and went to P'keepsiborough and served six months - that before the time of his enlistment had quite expired, he was taken sick and had been to go home, but before he reached home, his time had expired. — He has set forth the particulars of his service as well as he could recollect them in his declaration made before Judge Taggart — That his next service was in Rhode Island where he served as a private at least six weeks — that he was drafted and he thinks that in the month of August in the year 1778. — and in the fall of the same year he was drafted and was on guard at Sctt's Landing under the command of Capt. Gilbert Dudley at least one month and he thinks more, — but cannot recollect with certainty. — That when the British Fleet appeared opposite to New Haven he was drafted and served at least two  two months under Capt Timothy Housiger. — That he served on daring frequently, at other times for a few weeks at a time — but the precise times he cannot recollect and he knows of no witnesses living who can prove his services except Benjamin Wright, who is now living in the town of Bergen and who knew of his services during the first six months of his services — That this Deponent is now in his ninetieth fourth year of his age and is quite feeble and his memory is much impaired. — That he can recollect the names of a few of his officers. — That at one time Timothy Housiger was his Captain, David Head at another and Jonathan Todd at another — He was on guard at East Guilford Rock at least two months. — And this Deponent further says, that his son has, since his declaration was first made, visited East Guilford, now Madison, Ct. and examined the Record of this Deponent's age, and that he was born on the 12 th of April 1742 — That he has resided in the town of Bergen where he now resides since the year 1810. — That during all his services

he was a private. — and for his services as above set forth he claiming a pension. —
his Joab R Field mark
I, Cyrus Senkes, a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Genesee do hereby certify that the said Joab Field has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit in amendment of his former declaration at his place of residence in the Town of Bergen, in the county of Genesee and State of New York and that he is unable to appear in a court of Record by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, and for the same reason is unable to write his name. — Witness my hand this 24 th day of June 1835. —
"two" written over an erasure and "few" interlined. — Cyrus Senkes
State of New York County of Genesee
3 rd I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county certify that Cyrus Senkes before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the date of taking the same a Judge of the county courts in and for said county. And that his signature to the above certificate is genuine —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal this third day of June 1835 —
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Dep. Clerk

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P. O.
Joarab Field
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

New York
Rev.
Joarab Field
• Suspended
See Ltr to H.W. Soper.
July 21, 1835
Ltr to same Aug 15.35
3528
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Sarah Field of New York

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joab Field which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
Each term of actual service in the field or garrison should VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? be specially set forth in an affidavit
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Israel Field,
Letter in case of

Batavia N. Y. July 13- 1835-
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose the papers of Sarah Field and I believe that the objections which were made to his papers as first forwarded have all been obviated. — He thinks he ought to have a pension for more than nine months. — I advised him however that he could not succeed in getting more unless he could obtain proof which, he stated, would be impossible in his extreme age and on account of the great length of time he has been separated from his former acquaintances. —
I am, with much respect. —
Yr. Ob. Servt. —
M. D. Soper
Hon. J. L. Edwards,

Journal Filed
Aug 14.
Rev. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions War Office Washington D. C.
Pension Office

Batavia, N. Y. Aug. 8 th 1835
Dear Sir,
I am under the necessity of requesting that you will forward to me the papers in the case of Garab Field to enable me to furnish information to the Compt: of Ct that he may make the necessary search for proof. — As I did not preserve copies of his papers, I am not furnish the details of his convictions. —
I am, Sir,
Yours Very Respectfully,
H. M. Dohrer
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Comr of Pensions, Washington D. of C.